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- English Word Filamentary Definition Having the character of, or formed by, a filament.
- English Word Filamentous Definition Like a thread; consisting of threads or filaments.
- English Word Filametoid Definition Like a filament.
- English Word Filander Definition A species of kangaroo (Macropus Brunii), inhabiting New Guinea.
- English Word Filanders Definition A disease in hawks, characterized by the presence of small threadlike worms, also of filaments of coagulated blood, from the rupture of a vein; -- called also backworm.
- English Word Filar Definition Of or pertaining to a thread or line; characterized by threads stretched across the field of view; as, a filar microscope; a filar micrometer.
- English Word Filaria Definition A genus of slender, nematode worms of many species, parasitic in various animals. See Guinea worm.
- English Word Filatory Definition A machine for forming threads.
- English Word Filature Definition A drawing out into threads; hence, the reeling of silk from cocoons.
- English Word Filature Definition A reel for drawing off silk from cocoons; also, an establishment for reeling silk.
- English Word Filbert Definition The fruit of the Corylus Avellana or hazel. It is an oval nut, containing a kernel that has a mild, farinaceous, oily taste, agreeable to the palate.
- English Word Filch Definition To steal or take privily (commonly, that which is of little value); to pilfer.
- English Word Filched Definition of Filch
- English Word Filcher Definition One who filches; a thief.
- English Word Filching Definition of Filch
- English Word Filchingly Definition By pilfering or petty stealing.
- English Word File Definition An orderly succession; a line; a row
- English Word File Definition A row of soldiers ranged one behind another; -- in contradistinction to rank, which designates a row of soldiers standing abreast; a number consisting the depth of a body of troops, which, in the ordinary modern formation, consists of two men, the battalion standing two deep, or in two ranks.
- English Word File Definition An orderly collection of papers, arranged in sequence or classified for preservation and reference; as, files of letters or of newspapers; this mail brings English files to the 15th instant.
- English Word File Definition The line, wire, or other contrivance, by which papers are put and kept in order.